by Zvi Magen
Along with the events on the ground in Syria, the war for the country’s future is being waged on the international level. The principal players are the United States and Russia, conducting this clash while resorting alternately to pressure, threats, and attempts at dialogue.
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By Galia Lindenstrauss, Orit Perlov and Timur Saitov
The protests that started at Taksim Square in Istanbul and have spread to other locations throughout Turkey are among the most interesting developments to have occurred in the country since the Justice and Development Party first came to power over a decade ago.
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JERUSALEM — Israel has attacked targets in Syria, raising fears that the Syrian civil war could spread into a broader regional conflict.
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by David Friedman,
On April 23, 2013, at the INSS annual conference "Security Challenges of the 21st Century," Brig. Gen. Itai Brun, head of the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence, said that Israel has information indicating that Assad’s forces used a lethal chemical weapon several times against the rebels, likely sarin, along with incapacitating chemical agents.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron says there is growing evidence the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against rebels, backing up a report by U.S. intelligence agencies. Cameron on Friday called the development "very disturbing," adding that it would amount to a war crime and should represent a "red line" for the international community.
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The Korean Peninsula is reaching the boiling point. On February 12, 2013, after a series of harsh verbal exchanges between North Korea and the international community, Pyongyang announced that it had conducted a third nuclear test.
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by Yoram Schweitzer and Benedetta Berti,
The past few weeks have not been easy for Hizbollah. On February 27, 2013 Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah appeared on the organization's cable television station, al-Manar, to refute claims regarding his presumed serious illness and subsequent hospitalization for urgent treatment in Iran.
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By Zvi Magen,
Recent weeks have seen a series of intensive contacts on the international scene about the Syrian crisis, including meetings between Western officials and the Syrian opposition...
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by Ephraim Asculai,
Given the international drive to negotiate a deal between Iran and the United States and/or the P5+1 over Iran’s nuclear program, what follows is an outline of a possible agreement based on the components considered critical to both sides.
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Erbil/Damascus/Brussels - Syria’s conflict gives its Kurdish population an opening to rectify historic wrongs and push for more autonomy, but facing internal divisions, poor ties with the non-Kurdish opposition and regional rivalries, its challenge is to articulate clear, unified and achievable demands.
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